Agree.
In "Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life", Archbishop Chaput recounts the story of Archbishop Joseph Rummel of New Orleans, who actually excommunicated three prominent Catholics (a judge, a writer and a community organizer) for "publicly denying the teaching of their church". The issue was racial integration. Pro-abort politicians deserve the same response, yet most bishops weakly pretend that there's nothing they can do to discipline these scandalous, hypocritical Catholics.
As LifeSiteNews.com reported yesterday, in a recent interview with Time magazine, Cardinal Rodriguez was asked if he agreed with bishops who deny Holy Communion to pro-abortion politicians. The Cardinal responded, ""Who am I to deny Holy Communion to a person? I cannot. It’s in the tradition of moral theology that even if I know a person is living in grave sin, I cannot take a public action against him. It would be giving scandal to the person. Yes, he should not seek [communion], but I cannot deny it from him."
In statements to Carlos Polo, which were reported late yesterday by the Catholic News Agency, Cardinal Rodriguez said his comments to Time magazine should be reformulated "in light of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith teaches in its document, ‘Worthiness to Receive Communion’."
That document was written in 2004 by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who was at the time the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
It was sent to the US Bishops to use as a guide in their deliberations over dealing with Catholic pro-abortion politicians. The letter pointed out that obstinately pro-abortion Catholic politicians, after being duly instructed and warned, "must" be denied Communion.
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